Match



Sept. 11, 1928. 1,684,000

G, A. TAYLOR V MATCH Filed Aug. 4, 1927 Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

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GEORGE A; TAYLOR,.OFTBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS:

MATCH.

Application filed August; ,4', 192T Serial No" 210,675.

their method of manufacture, and has for its chiei? object the improvement of the sticker;

splint on one end of which the fignitible head is placed.

More particularly it has for when subjected to the stresses incident to striking-or which may be met with in handling and transporting, and which contains suiiicient inflammable materialto maintain the flame for the desired length oi 'time.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a match having the desirablecharactcristics above enumerated which shall'be cheap to manufacture and which lends itself readily to the manufacture ct matches in. care form s well as in individual units;

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According to this invention, therefore, the

match splint is composed of" fibrous pulp such as a light cheap paper pulp surrounding a metal wire core which gives the splint suflicient strength to resist breakage when the match is struck. When the matchjes'arc made in card form the wires fortheseveral splints terminate at about the termination of the line of division between adjacent matches so that they may be detached readily from theirsup'porting base as requiredf The matches so constructed "may be made" by bringing together in face to face relation a pair of'wet cellulosic pulp webs asre ceived from the forming mechanismof a.

After the pulp splintwith the wire embedd d therein is dry it may be treated in any suitable way to form the igniting;- head on one end and preferably is saturated adjacent to the head with parailin' or like agent so that the flame may endure for the desired period of time after the head has been ignited. s

For a more complete understanding of this invention reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in p which Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the splint material in successive stages of manufacture.

. Figure 2 illustrates diagrammatically the successive steps in such manufacture.

' matches; its object is provision of a splint which will not break.

form of wire "which may beiused.

'riphery o'fjthe drum 4.

Figure" shows in perspective an indi Figure ashows inperspective a'card of Figure 5 'isasection' on line 5-5 of Fig ure 4. i

Figure G-"is" a section much enlarged of a Referring'first tojFigu're 2, at, l'is indi cated aishe'et of wet pulp supported on a blanket "2 as it comes from, the forming mechanism of the paper machine, the pulp and blanket passing about a supporting hopper inwhich' maybe placed a supply of lengths ofreinforcing wire which pass down througlra chuteGinproximit-y to the pe- This drum l'has transversely extending grooves 7' at suitable intervals extending parallel toits axis in each: ofwhich'a wire 8 is'adapted to be de-v posited from'the chute 6 and fed around as the drum 4 is rotated to bringlthe wires into contact with. andpartially embed them in thei ace of the wet web 1 as it is laid on the drum. The webwith the wires thus partially embedded therein. is removed from the drum lto a suitable support as at 9', and a second wet web of pulp shown at.10, supf ported .on a blanket 11, is fed around a roller 12,and" is deposited in superposed vrelationonto the web 1 and thewires 8 partially emw bedded therein. :The' twowebs are then compacted together and partially or completely severed between the wires as by 1 means of the compacting roller 15 having the cutting elements 16 arranged on the periphery thereof.

In Figure 1 the relation of the webs and V the wires in their successive operations is shown where it is desired to make the matches in card form. It will be noted that where this is done the wiresS are of less length than the width of the web and are positioned along one edge portion thereof so that when the combined materials are cut as at 20 by' the cutter 16, the cuts extend from the edge along which the wires are placed toward the opposite edge a distance substantially equal to the length of the wires. By this means each splint formed between the cuts 20 as shown at 21, contains a wire embedded therein, which extends from adjacent'its free end as 30 as shown in Figure 6.

to about the end of the severance lines between successive splint-s. By this construction the splints may be broken oil at their bases from the uncut margin quite readily when desired. I i

V] here it is desired to make the matches as individual units, the wires may be made substantially'the length. of the web width and the cuts may be extended entirely across the web to form individual units such as are shown in Figure 3, which when the pulp has dried may be provided with the igniting heads as shown at 25. When the matches are made in card form the splints 21 are bent alternately in opposite directions and are provided with the heads as shown at 26 in Figure l. rial adjacent to the heads '5; saturated with paraffin in order that combustion may be better supported and'the flame caused by the ignition of the heads prolonged the desired length of time and without burning an eX cessive length of splint material.

If desired. the wires may be formed in other than circular cross section, particularly if it is desired to effect a more tenacious bond bctween the wires and the pulp material. They may be formed if desired ith projections engaging into the pulp webs, as for example, with longitudinally extending ribs in order that proper stiffness may be imparted by the wires to the splints, it is preferable to form .the wires of steel and from .02 to .025 inches in diameter, this corresponding to wires of gage numbers from about 22 to 25.

The pulp stock-should be so cheap masuiiicient strength to stand the strain inci; dent to striklng.

Having thus described certain embodiments ofthis invention, it should. be evident to those skilled in the art that various nesseoo lheiierably', also the mate changes and modifications might be made of a wire overlaid with combustible mate,

rial.

3. A match having splint portion formed I i of wire overlaid with cellulosic pulp.

4. A match having a splint portion formed of a wire positioned between interfelted layer of cellulosic. pulp.

5. A match having a splintcomprising a wire having projecting portions, said wire being surrounded by interrelted' fibrous 1ater1al.

6. A match having a splint comprising a longitudinal ribbed wire, said wire being surrounded by cellulosic pulp.

. 7. A match card comprising a sheet of cellulosic material partly divided into individual splint portions, each splint portion having a, wire incorporated 'tierein.

8. A match card comprising a sheet of inter-feltedcellulosic material cut partly across from one edge to define a series of splints adapted to be broken from the sheet as desired, each of said splints being rein ioreed longitudinally throughout substantially the length of the cuts with a wire.

9. A match card comprising a sheet of interfelted cellulosic material cut partly across from one edge to define a adapted to be broken from the sheet as series out splints v desired, each of said splints being reinforced longitudinally throughout substan- Llfl y t 1e leng 1 or L e cuts In 1 a wire em;

bedded therein.

ln testimony whereof I signature.

nonsn A. Tarpon.

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